Hinge for vehicle-doors.



A. KRAH.

HINGE FOR VEHICLE DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED 8.15.1915.

Patented June 8, 1915.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXIS KRAH, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE ENGLISH dcMEBSICK 00., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

HINGE FOR VEHICLE-DOORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1915.

' Application filed February 15, 1915. Serial No. 8,268.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXIS KRAH, a citizen of the United States, residin at New Haven, in the county of New aven and State of Connecticut. have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hinges'for Vehicle-Doors; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact. description of the same,'arirl which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in

Figure 1 an inside view of part of a vehicle casing and door with my improved hinge applied thereto. 'Fig. 2 a sectional view on the line a-b of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 a transverse sectional view on an enlarged scale showing the door open, in broken lines. Fig. I a face view of one of the pintle arms,

detached. Fig. 5 a broken view of the inner end of one of the door plate arms.

This invention relates to an improvement in hinges for vehicle doors, and particularly doors for automobiles. In the manu facture of automobiles, after the doors have been fitted it is desirable to remove them for finishing; and again in repairing automobiles and repainting itis desirable to remove the doors.

The object of this invention is to provide a hinge the parts of which may be firmly connected respectively to the casing and to the door and which permit of ready separation so that the door may be conveniently removed; and the inventio'n consists in the construction hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In carrying out my invention I employ a casing plate 2 formed near, opposite ends with U-shaped bends providing housings 3 and 4, and in each of these housings is a vertical pintle 5 on which is mounted a pintle arm 6 which is suitably bowed as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. These pintle arms are each preferably provided with notches 7 for the purpose as Will hereinafter appear. The other member of the hinge consists of a door plate 8 corresponding in length to the length of the casing plate 2, and this is provided near opposite ends and in line with the housings 3 and 4 with arms 9 and 10 bowed corresponding to the bow of the pintle arms 6 to which they are secured by screws 11. These arms are also formed on their inner faces with lugs 12 formed by striking the metal inward in line with the notches 7. It will be noted that the arms 9 and 10 are bowed out of the plane of the door plate 8, and the extent of this bowing depends upon the thickness of the door with relation to the thickness of the body to which the doors are attached. It will also be noted that the housings 3 and 4 are slightly wider than the width of the casing plate 2, and this is to provide space between the edge of the casing plate 2 and the edge of the body or casing to permit the upholstery being secured to the edge of the body. It will be likewise noted that the length of the arms 9 and 10 is such that the door plate 8 may be set inward from' the edge of the door so that in finishing the inner surface of the door the upholstery may be attached to the edge of the door. In attaching the hinges the casing is cut away at suitable points to permit the housings 3 and 4 to be entered into the inner face of the body and the casing plate 2 attached to the inner face of the body. The door plate 8 is likewise attached to the inner face of the door, and the curvature of the arms 9 and 10 and the pintle arms 6 is such that when the door is open ready access may be had to the screws 11 the withdrawal of which permits the removal of the door. With this form of hinge the bodv and door may be completely finished including the upholstery, and then the door secured in place by the use of only two screws.

1. A hinge for vehicle doors comprising a casing plate formed with outwardly projecting housings, pintle arms pivotally mounted in the said housings, and a door plate formed with arms detachably con nectcd with said pintle arms.

2. A hinge for vehicle doors comprising a casing plate formed with an outwardly projecting pintle housing, a pintle arm pivotally mounted in said housing, a door plate formed with an integral hinge arm, and means for detachably connecting said hinge arm with the said pintle arm.,

3. A hinge for vehicle doors comprising a casing plate formed near opposite ends with U-shaped bends forming housings, pintles mounted in said housings, bowed pintle arms mounted on said pintles, said arms 7 In testimony whereof, I have signed this formed with notches, a door plate formed specification 1n the presence of two subscribwith arms in line with said pintle arms and ing witnesses.

adapted to be attached thereto, said door ALEXIS KRAH. plate arms also formed with projections Witnesses: adapted to enter the notches in the said pin- F. J. LINsLEY,

, MARTHA M. THEISS.

tle arms. 

